vacation reading Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/vacation-reading/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:17:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg vacation reading Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/vacation-reading/ 32 32 38398750 Two Kinds of Stranger https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/two-kinds-of-stranger/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/two-kinds-of-stranger/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:17:35 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19577 Plot has been my friend for months now so turning to a thriller in a series I’ve loved is no big surprise. Yes, Eddie Flynn, the former grifter turned lawyer is back in Steve Cavanagh’s book, Two Kinds of Stranger. This time he’s representing an Instagram influencer accused of murdering her husband and his mistress, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/two-kinds-of-stranger/feed/ 0 19577 Neverworld Wake: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/neverworld-wake-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/neverworld-wake-a-novel/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:22:06 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19565 Beatrice returns from her college freshman year still haunted by the death of her boyfriend senior year. His loss fractured the close-knit popular group they’d been a part of, but when one of them has a party and invites Bea she hopes by seeing the group again she can get the closure she so desperately […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/neverworld-wake-a-novel/feed/ 0 19565 Best Offer Wins https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/best-offer-wins/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/best-offer-wins/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:32:48 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19521 For anyone who’s purchased a house in a competitive market the subject of Marisa Kashino’s novel Best Offer Wins won’t come as a surprise: the lengths a buyer will go to win the house of their dreams. Think buying a home is just about paying the price the owners are asking for it? Then you’ve […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/best-offer-wins/feed/ 0 19521 Twenty Years Later https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/twenty-years-later/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/twenty-years-later/#respond Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:27:43 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19477 Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea combines true crime television, celebrities, and 9/11. The story begins with the salacious murder of a famous author. The circumstantial evidence at the scene leads to a suspect, Victoria Ford, being indicted. Before the case can proceed to trial she disappears. Twenty years later her DNA is identified from […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/twenty-years-later/feed/ 0 19477 2025 Best Backlist https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/2025-best-backlist/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/2025-best-backlist/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:57:57 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19443 I couldn’t exit the year without an acknowledgement of the backlist books that kept me afloat in 2025. While there were excellent new books released in 2025 these six special novels, all published in previous years found me when I needed books to provide an escape, thrill me, make me laugh, and even break my […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/2025-best-backlist/feed/ 6 19443 The No-Show by Beth O’Leary https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/12/the-no-show-by-beth-oleary/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/12/the-no-show-by-beth-oleary/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:49:42 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19439 I’m keeping it simple with another rom-com winner for post-holiday enjoyment reading. Valentine’s Day is supposed to be one of the most romantic days of the year, but for Jane, Miranda, and Siobhan it’s been a big disappointment. Three strangers, each stood up at a different place, but… by the same man. In The No-Show […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/12/the-no-show-by-beth-oleary/feed/ 3 19439 Serial Killers: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/serial-killers-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/serial-killers-mini-reviews/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:46:45 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19387 Happy Halloween Eve! I thought I’d pre-game tomorrow night’s creepy mood by sharing two reviews of novels about serial killers. You know, the kind of books you want to read with the lights on. In the middle of the day. And not alone.     Marie Tierney’s Deadly Animals is set in a small town […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/serial-killers-mini-reviews/feed/ 0 19387 Guilty by Definition: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/guilty-by-definition-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/guilty-by-definition-a-novel/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:07:33 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19359 A love of words, academia, and mystery are all that’s needed to fall in love with Susie Dent’s novel, Guilty by Definition. Editors of the Clarendon English Dictionary start receiving cryptic letters hinting at a mystery and the recovery of a possible item of great significance. The letters indicate the  timeline coincides with the disappearance […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/guilty-by-definition-a-novel/feed/ 0 19359 Starter Villain https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/starter-villain/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/starter-villain/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2025 07:12:23 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19352 Hello, lovely readers! You may have noticed that The Gilmore Guide to Books doesn’t look the way it usually does. Instead of brief excerpts of the books I’ve reviewed, the landing page now contains the full review for every book. It is clunky and not how I like things to look. Sadly, it’s been almost […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/starter-villain/feed/ 2 19352 Spy novels: Mini-reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/spy-novels-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/spy-novels-mini-reviews/#respond Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:00:28 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19309 Given that thrillers have been such fabulous reading for me lately, I thought it was worth sharing two more this week. Author Alma Katsu worked in the world of U.S. intelligence at the CIA and NSA for 29 years imbuing her Red Widow series with an authenticity that makes both novels, Red Widow and Red […]

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